Precise timing with the PICOSEC-Micromegas detector

Dimitrios Sampsonidis (1) , Jonathan Bortfeldt (2) , F. Brunbauer (2) , C. David (2) , Daniel Desforge (3) , Georgios Fanourakis (4) , J. Franchi (2) , M. Gallinaro (5) , F. Garcia (6) , I. Giomataris (3) , T. Gustavsson (7, 8) , C. Guyot (3) , Francisco José Iguaz (3) , M. Kebbiri (3) , K. Kordas (1) , C. Lampoudis (1) , P. Legou (3) , J. Liu (9) , M. Lupberger (2) , O. Maillard (3) , V. Maniatis (1) , I. Manthos (1) , H. Müller (2) , E. Oliveri (2) , T. Papaevangelou (3) , K. Paraschou (1) , Michal Pomorski (10) , F. Resnati (2) , L. Ropelewski (2) , T. Schneider (2) , P. Schwemling (3) , Emmanuel Scorsone (10) , L. Sohl (3) , M. van Stenis (2) , P. Thuiner (2) , Y. Tsipolitis (11) , S.E. Tzamarias (1) , R. Veenhof (2) , X. Wang (9) , S. White (2) , Z. Zhang (9) , Y. Zhou (9)

1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2 CERN [Genève]
3 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
4 NCSR DEMOKRITOS - Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics
5 LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentačão e Física Experimental de Partículas
6 HIP - Helsinki Institute of Physics
7 LIDYL - Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamiques et Lasers (ex SPAM)
8 DICO - Dynamique et Interactions en phase Condensée
9 USTC - University of Science and Technology of China [Hefei]
10 LCD (CEA, LIST) - Laboratoire Capteurs Diamant (CEA, LIST)
11 NTUA - National Technical University of Athens [Athens]

This work presents the concept of the PICOSEC-Micromegas detector to achieve a time resolution below 30 ps. PICOSEC consists of a two-stage Micromegas detector coupled to a Cherenkov radiator and equipped with a photocathode. The results from single-channel prototypes as well as the understanding of the detector in terms of detailed simulations and preliminary results from a multichannel prototype are presented.

Mots clés: instrumentation; detector; time resolution; Cherenkov radiator; electronic architecture; simulation

Domaines: Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]

Dimitrios Sampsonidis, Jonathan Bortfeldt, F. Brunbauer, C. David, Daniel Desforge, et al.. Precise timing with the PICOSEC-Micromegas detector. FAst Timing Applications for nuclear physics and medical imaging (FATA 2019), Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) - Catania, Sep 2019, Acireale (Catania), Italy. ⟨10.1393/ncc/i2020-20013-8⟩. ⟨cea-04169639⟩